shadiness

NOUN

indirection

Synonyms

STRONG

artifice bunk cheating chicane chicanery corruption craft craftiness criminality crookedness cunning deceit deviousness dishonesty double-dealing duplicity faithlessness falsehood falsity flimflam fraud fraudulence graft guile hocus-pocus infamy infidelity insidiousness mendacity perfidiousness perfidy racket rascality shiftiness slyness sneakiness stealing swindle treachery trickery trickiness unscrupulousness wiliness

WEAK

fourberie hanky-panky improbity sharp practice underhandedness

Antonyms

STRONG

artlessness constancy fairness faithfulness fidelity forthrightness frankness goodness honesty honor innocence loyalty openness reality sincerity truth truthfulness

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And really, what’s to stop the em dash’s sudden shadiness from becoming an illuminating glow?

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2025

The saga has spawned intense media coverage about how a well-heeled legal scion entered a world of mysterious deaths and financial shadiness.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2023

All of this shadiness brought up an important question for Oliver: is there any hope here?

From The Guardian ● Apr. 1, 2019

Moments into the first episode, when Heidi suggests to Colin that Homecoming might take a more “holistic” approach to its patients, Colin lectures her—and therefore us—about the shadiness of Geist’s ambitions.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2018

Meryl strolled towards the Acropolis and Diana sought the cool shadiness of the temple.

From The Rhodesian by Gertrude Page

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